WAC 392-107-220   Balloting.  (1) Ballots shall be prepared by the superintendent of public instruction. The ballot for each position subject to election shall contain the name of each candidate eligible for the particular position. There shall be a separate listing of the candidates for each board-member district open in the particular educational service district. A board-member district position shall be stricken from the ballot if no candidate files for the position within the timelines specified in RCW 28A.310.080 and WAC 180-22-215.

     (2)(a) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop voting instructions which shall accompany the ballots. Biographical forms submitted under WAC 180-22-215(3) shall also accompany the ballots.

     (b) On or before October 1st, ballots shall be mailed to voters with two envelopes to be used for voting.

     (i) The outer, larger envelope (i.e., official ballot envelope) shall be labeled "official ballot"; be preaddressed with the "superintendent of public instruction" as addressee; and have provision for the identification of the voter, mailing address, his or her school district, and his or her educational service district.

     (ii) The inner, smaller envelope shall be unlabeled and unmarked.

     (3) Marking of ballots. Each member of a public school district board of directors may vote for one of the candidates in each board-member district named on his or her ballot by placing an "X" or other mark in the space provided next to the name of a candidate.

     (4) Return of ballots. Each member of a public school district board of directors shall complete voting by placing his or her marked official ballot in the smaller, unmarked envelope and sealing the same; placing the smaller envelope containing the ballot in the larger preaddressed envelope marked "official ballot" and sealing the same; if not already designated, completing the following information on the face of the official ballot envelope: Name, mailing address, identification of school district and educational service district; and placing the official ballot envelope in the United States mail to the secretary to the state board of education.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.310.080. 07-17-182, § 392-107-220, filed 8/22/07, effective 9/22/07. Statutory Authority: 2006 c 263. 06-14-009, recodified as § 392-107-220, filed 6/22/06, effective 6/22/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.310.020, 28A.210.080. 02-18-052, § 180-22-220, filed 8/28/02, effective 9/28/02.]